Executive Summary • Saboteurs quietly undermine trust and accountability. • Focusing only on the individual rarely solves the problem. • Patterns of deflection and disruption reveal the issue. • Strong team norms expose and neutralize toxic behavior. • Culture is the leader’s most powerful corrective tool. What is a Saboteur? It’s important to point out
Courtney Capellan
A company retreat with your team should not be planned with haste. You want it to be meaningful and motivational. So before you print those “Company Retreat” fliers for mass distribution around the office, read on and maybe reconsider what you’re actually offering. Why Plan a Company Retreat? Maybe it’s
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Let’s face it; we take too many things in today’s advanced, high-tech economy for granted. And sadly, others we often just plain neglect. Maybe it’s the radio waves that enable us to communicate with cool gadgets, untethered from the sockets that power them. Maybe it’s the transformation from watercraft to
Jayne Blake
Congratulations on becoming a first-time manager! You’ve worked hard. Your team is looking to you to lead them, and they’re ready to hear your instructions. Even those resistant to change are watching you, and if you handle things well, they will eventually come around and follow your example or move
Dorothy Weaver
Who is an inspiring leader that you know? Many people think that great leaders have a natural talent for running things, or they think that people land in leadership positions due to a combination of intelligence, luck, background, and charm. While it is true that people may gain leadership positions
Tim Cummuta
How does one go about leading with change when serious budgetary constraints and departmental politics stand in the way? The change will not undertake itself. If, as the saying goes, change is the only constant, someone must take charge of leading with change in order for it to be successfully
Ron Whitaker
Life goals are a purpose or main objective – the reason you do all that day-to-day stuff. Turning life goals into SMART goals or SMART objectives is like building a compass that gives focus and direction and makes decision-making easier. SMART goals turn life goals into crystal clear pictures that
Debbie Ruston
What is the difference between creating a powerful, growth-oriented organization and one where disengagement is the norm? The management style of leadership! Let me ask you a few questions to put you in the employee’s shoes. When you were an employee, did you ever: Have a boss that you were
Ron Whitaker
Priority management these days is either like Groundhog Day or a circus juggling act with five burning bowling pins in the air while you’re blindfolded. Everyone has urgent to-do’s on their plate, and they hope they don’t get burned. Today’s priority manager has more stuff to do than anyone could
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